Day 14 100mg sertraline, awful nights sleep

Hi, on it for anxiety, panic attacks, and think depression has set in a bit now. Was on 50mg for about 3 weeks before. But was up to 150mg earlier last year when I felt so good I gradually weaned off. Only for panic to return in December 18.

Hi I'm on 50m50mgs been on for month now tablets seem to be making worse dont know how much longer can stay on this drug my anxiety is worse in the night I only get 4 hrs sleep a night it's ruining my life

i suggest you see your doctor for increase .

I'm scared to up dose as 50 is making my anxiety worse go's knows wot higher dosage will do to me just wish this anxiety would do one had enough feeling tired all time doctor gave me diazepam to help me but after 2 night back to square one again

I was using antihistamine tablets for sleep i.e Sleepeaze from Boots if you live in the UK. They helped me a lot when I Started SERT and was weaning off a different AD.

Hi lorraine, if the meds are really making things worse and you are getting no signs of any improvement then maybe 50 is too high a dose for you, try reducing to 37.5 and settle on that then go up to 50 if you need to. But as always best to speak to your Dr first and let them know how you are feeling, 4 weeks is still early to see if they are going to work but if you really are not happy then seek help to change something

Yep think I'll do that, speaking to doc this week so see what he says also.

i was on 150mg last year and it helped me but this time my 150mg wasnt doing enough so i upped to 200mg been 5 and abit weeks now and my anxiety is still high hope this will end soon

been on 200mg for 5 weeks that is

Has your mood lifted a bit after 5 weeks? I will be starting week 4 on 200 tomorrow, anxiety still ok, but still not myself because my mood is not there yet.

my mood is ok but my anxiety is still bothering me

So we are improving the other way round... my anxiety has improved first and your mood is better but anxiety not yet. Let's hope we both improve within the next two weeks.

it will be 6 weeks for me on thursday so if i see no improvment by then im going back to docs

If SERT is helping with mood but not with anxiety maybe the doc could add something? Hopefully Sert is enough for you x

i think im on too high a dose 150mg settled me in the past 200mg just seems to be making me worse

How long were you on 150 before increasing to 200? It takes up to 8 weeks on each dose for the optimal effects. I increased quickly too due to severity of my depression and extremely constant low mood. Anxiety was secondary.

8 weeks, i saw the doctor today and he has told me to wean off 200mg as it wasnt helping me told me to go back down to 150mg

the NHS say 4-6 weeks should see improvment

Will you stay on 150 ? Is it mainly your anxiety that hasn't improved?

mainly yes it was through the roof today